new blog.. coming soon!

I'm currently working on starting a new blog. It is completely, completely empty right now and that is scary, but really great. I know what I want from this blog and I get to design it from start to finish.
I don't know how soon it will be ready. You should follow me on Facebook to follow my progress.

Enjoy your week!
I'll be a married lady in T-14 days!

biggest pregnancy craving

High Risk, High Reward

I'm still working on the blog, as you can see. We had a long and not-so-restful, but really fun weekend away for a friend's wedding this past weekend and I am trying to quickly get back in the groove.

Really exciting news is that I have booked a few portfolio building photography sessions in the next month. I have some really, really cute little models. I couldn't be any happier about this! I started really loving photography about a year and a half ago and that love has only grown stronger. I am nowhere near professional or anything like that, but I am really excited to see where this journey takes me and my family.

I've been really trying to work on my Photoshop editing lately. Scary stuff, but so worth the reward.
Evan and I had a little mini session together near our house last week and I thought I'd share some of my favorites..

My heart skips 17 beats when I just know that I have captured an image like this. One that I know that I will love, love, love.

So there they are.

If you or someone you know would be interested in helping me out by letting me take their photos in the Madison area, please let me know or have them contact me! I am open to children, families, engagement & portraits (senior, personal, headshots). I am a natural light photographer, so there is no studio involved in my process.

i'm under major construction

Things are going to be wonky-licious around here for a bit.
School starts on Thursday, so hopefully I can get a lot of work done before then.
Then, this blog will be under major, major overhaul. Like I've been saying for months.
But, for real this time.

So why am I overhauling?
Over this summer particularly, my life and my perspective has completely changed.
People kept telling me this would happen... that my early 20s would be a total whirlwind.
So right.
I'm not a completely different person, but much of what I have learned about myself is different than I had ever thought. Maybe because I was truly clueless about my identity before.
Learning about where my passions really lie is important, but I've also learned that who I am is also who I am not.
When this blog makeover is complete, hopefully I will feel a little more confident writing what I want to write and showing what I want to show, rather than what feels somewhat predictable.
And hopefully you, my readers, will stick around.

When I come back, I would love to do a post highlighting YOU. So here's your chance:
In the comments section, ask me a question. Any question. Obviously, within reason. But pretty much anything you ask, I will answer. I want to know what you want to know about me and I want you to know those things. Now... GO!

as promised: birthday awesomeness

When I became a parent, the one thing I promised myself I would always do is to make my kids really freaking awesome cakes for their birthdays every year. Year one: success. Year two: success.

I'm blue?